Dark flash photography
This project at NYU sounds so neat: enhancing photographs in the dark by taking information from flashes of light outside of the visible spectrum.
It reminds me of an "invention" idea that I had when I was younger that I still haven't seen... a pair of glasses with a knob on the side that can "squish" as much or as little of the electromagnetic light spectrum into the visible light spectrum as you'd like. Perhaps there would also be a knob on the other side that "moves" the band of light that you can see, like the tuning knob of an old radio.
It would be so fun! Imagine being able to calibrate your glasses so you could see wireless internet access points, or maybe if you'd like to see through buildings you could switch to the 900 MHz band. You'd probably want to have some "presets" (like a radio has) so that particularly useful settings are easy to access. Of course, what you see at each band wouldn't be "normal", but I think our brains might be able to adapt to various wavelengths.
If you happen to see a product like this, please let me know... ;)
